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As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
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A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
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If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
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Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
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One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
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Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
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Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
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If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
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For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.
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As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
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It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.